| 单词 | to turn aloose |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto turn aloose a. to turn loose (also to turn aloose). extracted from turnv. (a) To set free (an animal) so that it is allowed to go loose; (in extended and figurative use) to free (a person or thing) from restraint, to allow (a person or thing) to go where, or do as, he or she will. Also followed by on, upon (indicating the area of free activity). ΘΚΠ the world > movement > absence of movement > hold or holding > releasing hold > let go (something held or grasped) [verb (transitive)] beleavea1250 leta1325 to let goc1384 to leave hold1556 to turn loose?1566 quita1586 unhand1603 relinquish1651 unseize1663 unfist1692 to leave go1776 unclasp1868 to loose hold1875 society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > liberation > set free [verb (transitive)] > from confinement unbindc950 to let freec1000 aletOE to let out1154 loosea1225 slakec1374 loosen1382 to let goc1384 releasec1384 unloosec1400 unlockc1410 dissolvec1420 relievec1450 unloosen?a1475 to set at liberty1509 enlargea1513 to let at large1525 to let loose1530 to turn loose?1566 enfranchise1569 to turn up1573 enfranch1581 unkennel1589 unwind1596 to cast loosec1600 disimmure1611 disimprison1611 unhamper1620 to let abroad1633 unfold1633 disencloister1652 disencage1654 discagea1657 disincarcerate1665 eliminate1745 unspherea1806 unmew1818 unbottle1821 uncage1837 unbag1854 bust1921 ?1566 W. P. tr. C. S. Curio Pasquine in Traunce f. 35 (side-note) Horsses and mares turned loose togither. 1602 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor ii. i. 172 Should he loue my wife, I faith Ide turne her loose to him. 1679 J. Dryden Troilus & Cressida i. ii. 8 He's the ablest man for judgment in all Troy, you may turn him loose i' faith. 1765 Treat. Domest. Pigeons 77 He braces a letter under the wings of a Pigeon,..and..turns it loose. 1891 Virginia Med. Monthly July 327 To..turn aloose once more upon the community scores and hundreds of persons..who are simply able to hide their ignorance from the people. 1892 Sat. Rev. 9 Jan. 40/2 They are turned loose to graze on the succulent grasses. 1918 H. H. Knibbs Tang of Life xiii. 136 I busted into the jail and turned that hobo loose. 1958 Managem. Sci. 4 480 Suboptimums were computed first over nearly independent sets of vectors before the computer was turned loose on the full problem. 2006 A. M. Foley Having my Say ii. 10 In that part of the county—what's called Down Below—cows used to be turned loose to graze. (b) U.S. To discharge, fire off (a bullet, a firearm, etc.). Also without object, followed by on (often figurative). ΚΠ 1846 Niles' National Reg. 7 Nov. 155/2 We rushed up..driving the Mexicans down the other side and taking a 9-pounder brass cannon, ready loaded with grape, but the load intended for us was turned loose on them. 1874 J. W. Long Amer. Wild-fowl Shooting xxvi. 269 When they are coming to your decoys down-wind..as they double back to alight, ‘turn it loose’ at the middle of the cluster. 1887 Harper's Mag. June 160/1 ‘Death loves a shining mark’, and she hit a dandy when she turned loose on Jim. 1903 A. Adams Log of Cowboy x The chief could not speak a word of English..; when I turned loose on him in Spanish, he..signed back to his band. 1903 A. Adams Log of Cowboy xiii Somebody..turned his gun loose into the air. 1998 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 14 June i. 1/1 Barry entered Frontier Middle School..and turned his guns loose on fellow ninth graders. 2004 A. Tonken King of Cons v. 67 She turned loose on me, cussing me out good. (c) U.S. regional (southern and Midland). To let go of, leave hold of (a person or thing). Also followed by of (with object), and with no object. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > absence of movement > hold or holding > releasing hold > let go [verb (intransitive)] to hang off1600 to loose hold1865 to turn aloose1935 1888 Southeastern Reporter 6 223 It was customary with the hands using these poles, after adjusting them to tender and cars, to turn them loose; but, when the accident occurred, Jackson held onto the push-pole. When he put the pole there, he said, ‘All right’, but didn't turn it loose. 1929 W. Faulkner Sound & Fury 199 He turned my hands loose. 1935 T. Wolfe Of Time & River xlii. 376 You git his other hand, Jim, an' try to make him turn a-loose. a1938 T. Wolfe Web & Rock (1947) 34 ‘You turn loose of me,’ the captive panted, ‘I'll show you who's the cry-baby!’ 1966 R. Price Generous Man (1967) i. 63 ‘Safe! We're in awful danger. Turn loose, old fool!’ He turned loose and lay flat, small on the ground. a2009 E. Kelton Texas Standoff (2010) 275 ‘Turn aloose of me,’ Daggett cried. < as lemmas |
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